Edinburgh prepares for Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall royal wedding

Edinburgh residents are preparing to watch the royal wedding between
Zara Phillips and
Mike Tindall this weekend.

Zara, the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and Mark Phillips, will wed her England rugby star fiancé at the Canongate Kirk on the Royal Mile in the Scottish capital on July 30th.

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall will be wed at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh tomorrow (PA)

It will be the first royal wedding in Scotland for nearly 20 years, with the last taking place when Princess Anne married for the second time in 1992, to Timothy Laurence.

Among the famous guests believed to be attending the royal affair are Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, and newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton .

Prince Harry, Prince Andrew and his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, are also expected to be at the event, which is expected to draw in crowds in Edinburgh.

Security is expected to be tight for the Queen’s granddaughter’s wedding, even though it has been described as a low-key affair.

Lothian and Borders Police force’s Superintendent Ivor Marshall, the Silver Commander responsible for overseeing security at the nuptials, said there was expected to be a fair amount of public interest.

‘In some ways it is quite difficult to predict. However, given the coupleâs status as well-known sports stars, the fact many of their guests are going to be well-known, and the fact Zara is a member of the royal family, thatâs going to draw people to the event and we are preparing for that,’ he said.

Zara and Tindall announced the date of their wedding back in March, after getting engaged just before Christmas last year.

The couple met in a Sydney bar in 2003, after they were introduced by Prince Harry.